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Camden, N.J. – September 23, 2026 -- American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest regulated water and wastewater utility in the United States, sent two senior executives to the Financial Research Institute's 35th Annual Public Utility Symposium in Columbia, Missouri, on September 23, 2026, to address surging data center water-energy demand and customer affordability pressures.

Illinois American Water President Warns of AI-Driven Load Growth

Rebecca Losli, President of Illinois American Water, joined the "Intercepting the New Reality" panel, focusing on AI-related load requests, global supply chain constraints, and the water-energy requirements tied to data center expansion. The session placed utility infrastructure planning directly against the accelerating power and water needs of hyperscale computing facilities.

September 23, 2026 – New York -- Funders for Mutual Aid in Sudan, a coalition coordinated by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), has mobilized more than $16 million for community-based relief groups and pledged an additional $5 million in flexible funding by the end of 2027.

Clinton Global Initiative honors Sudanese responders with 2026 Citizen Award

Former President Bill Clinton presented the Clinton Global Citizen Award to Sudan's community-based mutual aid groups at the CGI 2026 Annual Meeting in New York, recognizing networks such as the Emergency Response Rooms that have delivered food, education and other services to more than 20 million people since the civil war began in April 2023.

Dallas – September 23, 2026 -- LeoSight has partnered with Axis Communications to natively integrate Axis video management and body-worn camera systems into LeoCommand, its situational awareness platform for public safety agencies.

Axis video feeds now merge with officer and vehicle data on a single operational map

The integration pulls live video, metadata, and sensor intelligence from AXIS Camera Station Pro, Axis IP cameras, and Axis body-worn solutions directly into LeoCommand. This visual data joins officer locations, vehicle telemetry, drone feeds, and other connected public safety systems on one unified operational map, according to the companies.

Sunnyvale, Calif. – September 23, 2026 -- Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS) has certified its EDA flows on TSMC's A14 process node and expanded a multi-die design collaboration covering agentic AI workflows, integrated voltage regulators on CoWoS® packaging, and co-packaged optics support for TSMC's COUPETM technology.

A14 certification covers digital and analog flows for next-generation chip designs

Synopsys said its certified flows now span implementation through signoff on TSMC's A14 node, including a new device routing enablement milestone for analog place-and-route automation. The companies frame the milestone as critical to speeding customer adoption of advanced process technology for AI and HPC applications.

Toronto – – September 23, 2026 -- PomeGran Inc. has launched The Fibre Files, a podcast series examining how fibre connectivity shapes economic development, entrepreneurship and education in rural and underserved Canadian communities.

PomeGran ties infrastructure rollout to community outcomes through new media platform

The series is hosted by broadcaster Sam Laprade and sponsored by PomeGran, a fibre-centric broadband infrastructure provider active in rural Quebec and Northern Ontario. Episodes will stream on Spotify and on YouTube via NIVO, PomeGran's consumer internet service provider brand, with distribution across both companies' digital channels.

Inaugural episode features strategy consultancy partner on rural entrepreneurship

The first episode, "Beyond Broadband: What Connectivity Means to Rural Communities,

Columbus, Ohio – September 23, 2026 -- Bay Crane Companies will offer its entire surplus fleet at a no-reserve absolute auction on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, starting at 9:00 a.m. Eastern, after selecting Jeff Martin Auctioneers to run the sale.

Bay Crane liquidates excess iron following recent acquisitions

The Bay Crane Companies – Absolute Strategic Fleet Update Auction stems from a series of recent acquisitions that left the company with surplus equipment. Bay Crane, ranked the third-largest crane rental company in North America, is marketing the excess inventory to keep its fleet aligned with growth plans rather than carrying idle assets.

San Jose, Calif. – September 23, 2026 -- Flatkey and Realset AI have raised $10 million in Series A funding after the AI infrastructure platform surpassed 10,000 developers in the two months since its July 2026 launch.

Flatkey consolidates over 100 AI models and 1,000 tools under one API key

The platform routes developer traffic to more than 100 official AI models from providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Kimi and GLM, alongside image and video models such as Seedance. It also connects developers to more than 1,000 AI tools spanning search, browsing, data enrichment and media generation, all billed through a single balance and invoice.

Lexington – September 23, 2026 -- Peachtree Entertainment has been named co-owner and exclusive operator of The Rail, a new 2,200-capacity live music venue rising within The Commons entertainment district in Lexington, Kentucky, with a grand opening set for early 2027.

Peachtree Entertainment takes operational control of a 2,200-capacity venue inside a 43-acre district

Under the partnership with developer The Commons, Peachtree Entertainment will run operations, marketing, sponsorship and select programming for The Rail. The venue sits within The Commons, a 43-acre mixed-use entertainment district on a former tobacco processing campus one mile from downtown Lexington, developed by Turner Properties. More than thirty businesses already operate on the campus.

Washington – September 23, 2026 -- George Guszcza, President and CEO of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), has been appointed to the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee (NCSTAC), a federal panel that guides the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on building failure investigations.

Committee advises NIST on probes into building failures causing mass casualties

NCSTAC operates under the National Construction Safety Team Act, which authorizes NIST to investigate building failures that result in substantial loss of life or pose significant public safety threats. Findings from these investigations feed into recommendations affecting national building codes, construction standards, and safety practices.

Los Angeles – – September 23, 2026 -- LaserAway has opened its 232nd U.S. clinic in Lubbock, Texas, extending a 20-year run without a single location closure since its 2006 founding.

Lubbock clinic expands LaserAway's footprint to 36 states

The new site at 4210 82nd St, #206, Lubbock, TX 79423, will offer laser hair removal, Botox, dermal fillers, skin rejuvenation, and body contouring treatments including CoolSculpting and Thermage. It will also add LaserAway Wellness Injections administered by licensed medical staff.

Company scales from one West Hollywood clinic to 232 locations

LaserAway was founded in 2006 by Dr. Roy Winston and brothers Scott, Brock, and Todd Heckmann, starting with a single clinic on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA. The company remains privately owned and operated, with no franchised locations, and now operates across 36 states.

Grand Rapids, Mich. – September 23, 2026 -- Mercantile Bank is deploying $150,000 in matching grants to eight Michigan nonprofit organizations through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis Community Multiplier Member Match Program, targeting affordable housing gaps statewide.

Mercantile Bank channels $150,000 through FHLBank Indianapolis matching program

The Community Multiplier program allows member financial institutions to support affordable housing nonprofits via matching grants. Mercantile's funding will back initiatives spanning housing stability, housing counseling and education, organizational capacity building, and affordable housing development and preservation.

Knoxville, Tenn. – September 23, 2026 -- ResultStack has completed a national benchmark evaluating hundreds of convenience-store brands to rank the 100 strongest digital ecosystems in the industry, with results to be shared privately at NACS 2026 in Las Vegas.

Benchmark evaluates connectivity, not just app features

The Top 100 C-Store Digital Ranking assesses mobile, loyalty, payments, ordering, personalization, rewards, partnerships and connectivity as an integrated system rather than isolated tools. ResultStack, whose team combines more than 50 years of operator-side convenience retail experience, built the framework to measure how effectively these capabilities work together across the customer journey.

Aurora, Colo. – September 23, 2026 -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz report a 100% 24-hour survival rate among 26 Ukrainian military personnel who received drone-delivered freeze-dried plasma at the point of injury, a preliminary finding from an ongoing study testing whether unmanned aircraft can bring blood products to critically injured patients before conventional evacuation reaches them.

Drones carry Octapharma-donated plasma to front-line medics in Ukraine

The freeze-dried plasma, donated by global pharmaceutical company Octapharma, is packaged for transport and flown by drone to medical teams operating near the point of injury. Unlike fresh frozen plasma, which requires freezing and thawing, the freeze-dried version can be stored at room temperature and prepared rapidly for administration, addressing a logistical barrier the FDA has identified for battlefield, remote and disaster settings.

New York – September 23, 2026 -- Boeing and Turkish Airlines finalized an order for up to 150 737 MAX aircraft, the flag carrier's largest single-aisle purchase from the U.S. planemaker.

Turkish Airlines locks in 100 firm 737-8 jets plus 50 options

The agreement covers 100 firm 737-8 airplanes and options for an additional 50 737 MAX jets. Turkish Airlines also secured substitution rights allowing it to swap orders for the 737-10, the largest MAX variant, giving the carrier flexibility to add capacity across its route network.

Deal signed in presence of Turkish President Erdoğan

The order was concluded in the presence of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, following discussions the two companies initiated in 2025. The purchase extends a partnership that already includes a 2025 order for up to 75 787 Dreamliners.

New York – September 23, 2026 -- BlueVoyant has launched one of the first deployment solutions for Microsoft's newly announced Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC) in Microsoft Defender, targeting enterprises running Microsoft 365 E5, E7 and Defender Suite licenses. The Microsoft Defender XDR ISOC Deployment Service is designed to help organizations merge SIEM and extended detection and response (XDR) functions inside the Defender portal, creating a shared data foundation for security teams and AI agents.

Portland, Ore. – – September 23, 2026 -- Asian Hall of Fame (AHOF) will host its annual Power of Portland gala at Waverley Country Club on September 25, raising funds for 100 National Scholarship Awards benefiting women in tech, entertainment and sports.

Scholarship fund draws applicants from 32 states and Puerto Rico

The awards support qualified women from all racial and ethnic backgrounds seeking to remain in school and advance career goals in technology, entertainment and sports sectors. KOIN 6 Anchor Elizabeth Dinh will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the event, which runs from a 4:30 p.m. red carpet preshow through a dinner program ending at 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles – September 23, 2026 -- Tangram Interiors, a Steelcase dealer generating nearly $300 million in annual sales, has completed a management buyout installing company president Nick Meter as chief executive, succeeding Joe Lozowski after his 25-year tenure at the helm.

Meter acquires significant ownership stake from the Lozowski family

Meter led the buyout, taking a significant equity position in the firm previously held by the Lozowski family, which retains a minority interest. Lozowski will remain involved as an executive advisor during the transition, and family members continue to be active in the business.

Orlando, Fla. – September 23, 2026 -- Oracle unveiled Oracle Health Oncology EHR, a new ambulatory electronic health record system purpose-built for cancer care, combining oncology-specific workflows with AI-driven clinical intelligence at the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit.

Oracle targets fragmented oncology data with unified patient timelines

The platform is designed to consolidate cancer diagnoses, chemotherapy regimens, laboratory and imaging results, medications, referrals, and insurance requirements into a single chronological record spanning inpatient and outpatient settings. Oracle states that fragmented information currently forces clinicians to spend time reassembling patient context while patients repeatedly recount their medical history across care settings.

Howell, Mich. – September 23, 2026 -- Ninety-one percent of U.S. wholesale Christmas tree growers plan to hold or lower prices for the 2026 season, up from 84% a year earlier, according to the Real Christmas Tree Board's fifth annual grower survey.

Growers absorb rising input costs instead of passing them to retailers

The survey of 47 wholesale growers, representing roughly half to two-thirds of the U.S. real Christmas tree market, found that despite continued year-over-year increases in input costs, most producers are choosing to absorb them rather than raise wholesale prices. Marsha Gray, executive director of the Real Christmas Tree Board, said the outlook reflects the industry's consistency for both first-time buyers and returning customers.

Hong Kong – September 23, 2026 -- Regent Hong Kong has opened The Terrace, a new indoor-outdoor waterfront venue positioned above Victoria Harbour, adding a 290-square-metre (3,122-square-foot) events space to the hotel's commercial portfolio.

Venue capacity targets both large-scale receptions and intimate corporate gatherings

The Terrace accommodates up to 250 guests for cocktail-style receptions and up to 108 guests for seated banquets, giving Regent Hong Kong a flexible asset for weddings, private dinners, milestone celebrations, VIP receptions, product launches and brand experiences.